My Colors, My World (Mis Colores, Mi Mundo)
Author: Karen Beaumont
Illustrator: David Catrow
Publisher: Children’s Press Books
Year of Publication: 2007
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Horn Book (3)
Illustrator: David Catrow
Publisher: Children’s Press Books
Year of Publication: 2007
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Horn Book (3)
Summary: A little girl lives in the desert but when she opens her eyes wide, she sees everything in illuminating colors that describes the things around her.
Summary of Professional Reviews: According to the Horn Book database, this book was given a 3. Maya uses her artistic appreciation to see objects within the California Mojave Desert. The colored words in Spanish and English are printed larger throughout the book. This book promotes a world of imagination.
Review by Stephanie Kuchavik: This is a multicultural book that explores the colors you see the world as when you open your eyes wide. I loved the illustrations in this book. They had a twist in the way things were represented and the different colors on the pages made them pop. I also thoroughly enjoyed the fact that the left side of the pages were written in English text, whereas the right side of the pages were written in Spanish text. This book does a splendid job with providing the audience of two languages.
This book would be useful when teaching children between the ages of four to seven.
There are many lesson plans that can derive from this book, including:
Summary of Professional Reviews: According to the Horn Book database, this book was given a 3. Maya uses her artistic appreciation to see objects within the California Mojave Desert. The colored words in Spanish and English are printed larger throughout the book. This book promotes a world of imagination.
Review by Stephanie Kuchavik: This is a multicultural book that explores the colors you see the world as when you open your eyes wide. I loved the illustrations in this book. They had a twist in the way things were represented and the different colors on the pages made them pop. I also thoroughly enjoyed the fact that the left side of the pages were written in English text, whereas the right side of the pages were written in Spanish text. This book does a splendid job with providing the audience of two languages.
This book would be useful when teaching children between the ages of four to seven.
There are many lesson plans that can derive from this book, including:
- Geography- climates in different areas as well as different places around the world.
- The color wheel- learning the different colors as well as different terminology.
- Science- plants, cactus, irises, pollination
- In the back of the book there is a small box that supplies you with some Spanish words.